Comments on: Review: The Catcher in the Rye http://catchwa.org/2008/10/review-the-catcher-in-the-rye/ Now accepting bribes, enquire within Fri, 27 Jan 2012 01:39:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: the other, other samhttp://catchwa.org/2008/10/review-the-catcher-in-the-rye/comment-page-1/#comment-2063 the other, other sam Tue, 07 Oct 2008 09:35:41 +0000 http://catchwa.org/?p=549#comment-2063 YEEEAAAAAAHHHH BOYIIIIIEEEEEEE! YEEEAAAAAAHHHH BOYIIIIIEEEEEEE!

]]> By: Andrewhttp://catchwa.org/2008/10/review-the-catcher-in-the-rye/comment-page-1/#comment-2061 Andrew Tue, 07 Oct 2008 07:54:04 +0000 http://catchwa.org/?p=549#comment-2061 @franzy: very true about the historical context. Too much HBO has de-sensitised me *cries* @the other, other sam: I think Public Enemy said it the best: Don't, don't, don't, don't, don't believe the hype. @franzy: very true about the historical context. Too much HBO has de-sensitised me *cries*

@the other, other sam: I think Public Enemy said it the best: Don’t, don’t, don’t, don’t, don’t believe the hype.

]]> By: the other, other samhttp://catchwa.org/2008/10/review-the-catcher-in-the-rye/comment-page-1/#comment-2058 the other, other sam Tue, 07 Oct 2008 04:50:50 +0000 http://catchwa.org/?p=549#comment-2058 Brocky, I agree whole-heartedly with you. In fact, I will gladly hold Holden's arms behind his back while you bitch-slap him upside the head. Sometimes I wonder what makes (or who decides) something worthy of being a "classic"? For example; I recently had the fortune of seeing the Venus de Milo in the "flesh" at the Louvre. Goddess of Love & Beauty huh? More like goddess of Upsizing & Salad-dodging! Controversial? Maybe. But I've seen Forestville-Men's-Hockey Umpires with more feminine figures... Brocky, I agree whole-heartedly with you.
In fact, I will gladly hold Holden’s arms behind his back while you bitch-slap him upside the head.

Sometimes I wonder what makes (or who decides) something worthy of being a “classic”? For example; I recently had the fortune of seeing the Venus de Milo in the “flesh” at the Louvre. Goddess of Love & Beauty huh? More like goddess of Upsizing & Salad-dodging!

Controversial? Maybe. But I’ve seen Forestville-Men’s-Hockey Umpires with more feminine figures…

]]> By: franzyhttp://catchwa.org/2008/10/review-the-catcher-in-the-rye/comment-page-1/#comment-2053 franzy Mon, 06 Oct 2008 23:55:39 +0000 http://catchwa.org/?p=549#comment-2053 Dude! That's one of my favourite books! But I agree with everything you say about it. Not a lot happens. Maybe think of it in its historical context, which was that, at this stage in American life, teenagers didn't exist yet. You were a child, then at school, then you were an adult. Responsibility. Marriage. War. No chance to fluff around wondering who you were or what you wanted to do with yourself. Certainly no thinking about sex and drinking. This book was BANNED for obscenity. Dude! That’s one of my favourite books!
But I agree with everything you say about it. Not a lot happens. Maybe think of it in its historical context, which was that, at this stage in American life, teenagers didn’t exist yet. You were a child, then at school, then you were an adult. Responsibility. Marriage. War. No chance to fluff around wondering who you were or what you wanted to do with yourself. Certainly no thinking about sex and drinking. This book was BANNED for obscenity.

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